April 2011

APIL ANNOUNCES JUDICIAL REVIEW OVER DISCOUNT RATE

As Premextra reported back in December , the AG's department had announced plans to review the discount rate, which would have significant repercussions on personal injury settlements if it were to be adjusted up or down.

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KENNETH CLARKE ANNOUNCES THAT JACKSON’S REFORMS WILL BE ADOPTED

Over the years personal injury has rarely received such a billing as the media gave it on March 29th, with Justice Minister Kenneth Clarke and his number two Jonathan Djanogly hosting a packed press conference to deliver their plans. However, much of what he planned to announce seemed to have leaked, as this report from the Telegraph suggests.